Evernote

Evernote is a tool that I’ve seen recommended multiple times in education blogs and useful mobile apps.  It certainly has some unique features for note taking and organizing notes.  In my review of this, I feel like I must be missing a key feature somewhere.   Notetaking is certainly an important skill, but for communication with peers or with a teacher, I am not sure how this would work differently than any other note taking source.  Students will appreciate the ease to not only take their own notes, but capture/clip notes from other sources.  Safety appears in place for this personal storage, some reviews indicate a past data breach. 

 

Evaluation of Communication Tool: __Evernote____________________

Criterion	Score (1-4)	Notes
Engagement	3
Relevance	3	Good tool for note taking and organization
Developmentally Appropriate	3
Safeguards/Monitoring	3
Ability for User Feedback	2
Cost/Accessibility	4	Free, browser based, available multiple mobile platforms